Variables within text of a text object? (Solved)

How do I...?
#1

Is it possible to put a variable inside text of a text object to make it say something like “You attacked for X damage” where “X” is a variable? Nothing I’ve tried seems to work.

#2

You can display the content of a variable inside a text object using the “set text” action of it (you can’t do it from the scene editor, you need to update the text object’s text from the events).

#3

The problem isn’t changing the text to show the variable, it’s putting that variable inside of other text. For instance:

Do ="You attacked for VariableString(DMG) damage" to the text of Messages or

Do ="You attacked for" VariableString(DMG) "damage" to the text of Messages

Neither of which worked. The first one shows exactly what I put here (not translating “VariableString(DMG)” to a number) and the second one shows nothing at all. I even tried using variables to show the text:

Do =VariabeString(YouAttackedMSG) VariableString(DMG) VariableString(DamageMSG) to the text of Messages where “VariabeString(YouAttackedMSG)” is set to “You attacked for” and “VariableString(DamageMSG)” is set to “damage”. This didn’t work either.

#4

You need to use a ‘+’ sign to add variables to string, and also in case of number variables you need to convert the number to string using ToString() expression.

In case of String variable:

Do ="You attacked for " + VariableString(DMG) + " damage" to the text of Messages

In case of Number variable:

Do ="You attacked for " + ToString(Variable(DMG)) + " damage" to the text of Messages
#5

ddabrahim: Thank you, that worked perfectly.